On Resistances: Cause or Effect?

[Iamunanimousinthat]

This is a topic that I think would be fun to talk about. In terms of resistance, which resistance should take precedent? Resisting the cause or resisting the outcome?

For example: Character A uses conceptual manipulation to turn Character B in to a frog.

If Character B has resisted conceptual manipulation before but has not resisted transmutation, does the ability work on him?

If Character B hasn't resisted conceptual manipulation before but has resisted transmutation, does the ability work on him?

Should the outcome be given more precedent than the cause? Or the reverse?

 

[Everything12]

Neither, they both resist with none resisting any better than the other. Though some people will argue that resisting normal Transmutation won't resist Conceptual Transmutation, but that's more of the assumption that "Conceptual=Better Version of a power" then what you're talking about.

 

[Iamunanimousinthat]

Yes that's a good way to look at it! They both work as form of resistance. I guess someone could say, resisting both transmutation and conceptual manipulation would serve much better.

And yes, I do think some people will say that resisting normal transmutation won't resist conceptual transmutation. But I would like to here the argument for that assumption. Why the cause would supersede the outcome in that situation.

 

[Roun12]

Method should matter when your talking about stuff like changing the configuration of someone's matter vs overwriting them on a conceptual level. Same reason why Conceptual EE > Mind, Body, Soul EE.

 

[Antoniofer]

In this kind of situation one needs to known how the Resistance/Immunity works; if a character has natural resistance to magic by x reason, then it may resists anythin of that nature, like magic-based mind manipulation, even if it hasn´t showed resistance to mind manipulation.